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Recording medium cassette and recording apparatus

a recording medium and cassette technology, applied in the direction of transportation and packaging, thin material handling, article separation, etc., can solve the problem of user suffering difficulty in placing paper sheets on the upper or lower tray of sheets

Active Publication Date: 2014-05-06
SEIKO EPSON CORP
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Benefits of technology

The recording apparatus described in this patent has a unique design that allows the user to easily place a second recording medium on the upper sheet placement unit when the second sheet placement surface is exposed. This makes the recording process faster and more efficient. Additionally, when the first sheet placement surface is exposed, the user can easily place the first recording medium on the lower sheet placement unit. This design improves the overall performance of the recording apparatus.

Problems solved by technology

In other words, the user suffers difficulty in placing a paper sheet on an upper tray or lower tray of a sheet cassette having an output tray on top thereof.

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[0043]Hereafter, embodiments of the invention will be described referring to the drawings. FIGS. 1A and 1B are schematic side views showing a general configuration of a printer 1, exemplifying the recording apparatus according to the invention. A sheet cassette 2 exemplifying the recording medium cassette is removably attached to the main body of the printer 1. The sheet cassette 2 includes a lower tray 3 exemplifying the lower sheet placement unit and an upper tray 4 exemplifying the upper sheet placement unit. A paper sheet P1 corresponding to the first recording medium is to be placed on the former, and a paper sheet P2 corresponding to the second recording medium is to be placed on the latter.

[0044]The paper sheet P2 has a size of a postcard or the like, and the paper sheet P1 has a size larger than the paper sheet P2, such as A4 or B5. Naturally, the size of the paper sheet is not limited to the above, provided that the paper sheet placed on the upper tray is smaller than the p...

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[0098]The pivotal shaft S2 of the upper tray 4 according to the embodiment 1 and the pivotal shaft S4 of the upper tray 60 according to the variation are movable to the downstream end portion of the first sheet placement surface 308 and the first sheet placement surface 47 in the feed direction X, respectively. Alternatively, the pivotal shaft S4 may be movable to the upstream end portion of the first sheet placement surface 47 in the feed direction X.

[0099]FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a sheet cassette 110, exemplifying the recording medium cassette, according to an embodiment 2. The sheet cassette 110 includes the output tray 30 according to the variation pivotably disposed about the joint portions 44 provided at the downstream end portion of the lower tray 40 in the feed direction X.

[0100]A pivotal shaft S5 of an upper tray 61 indicated by a dash-dot line is disposed so as to slide to the upstream end portion of the first sheet placement surface 47 of the lower tray 40 in ...

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Abstract

A recording medium cassette includes a lower sheet placement unit on which a first recording medium is placed, an upper sheet placement unit on which a second recording medium is placed and configured to slide with respect to the lower sheet placement unit, and a recorded medium receiver on which the first recording medium and the second recording medium that have undergone a recording operation of a recording unit are placed. The recorded medium receiver is pivotably disposed at an end portion of the lower sheet placement unit in a feed direction. The upper sheet placement unit is pivotably disposed at the other end portion of the lower sheet placement unit in the feed direction.

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BACKGROUND[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention relates to a recording medium cassette and a recording apparatus.[0003]2. Related Art[0004]Existing recording apparatuses, such as printers and copiers, include those provided with a recording medium cassette that can be removably attached to the main body of the apparatus. Recording media such as paper sheets are stacked in the recording medium cassette, and a feed roller is brought into contact, while rotating, with the uppermost one of the paper sheets to thereby feed that paper sheet into inside of the main body.[0005]Some recording medium cassettes include an upper tray and a lower tray, the former being superposed on the latter, so that paper sheets of different sizes or types can be placed in the respective trays. Some recording medium cassettes further include an output tray located above the upper tray for receiving the paper sheet that has been printed and discharged.[0006]For example, JP-A-2012-76871 discloses ...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65H83/00
CPCB65H2405/115B65H2402/46B65H2405/3322B65H2402/32B65H1/00B65H2405/114B65H2402/31B65H31/22B65H1/266B65H31/02B65H2801/06
Inventor KOTAKA, TOSHIKAZU
Owner SEIKO EPSON CORP